Concrete
CeramycShield
Current State of the Market vs. CeramycShield
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CeramycShield is a Ceramic Surface Treatment (CST) that uses nano-Alumina and Zirconia Silicates to renew and preserve concrete surfaces. This dense ceramic polymer wraps around and atomically bonds to all elements in the concrete, shielding the surface from the environment. CeramycShield is not affected by wet/dry or freeze/thaw cycles, and will not peel, flake, chalk, or delaminate in any manner.
Epoxies and paints are commonly used over concrete surfaces, but they only “stick” to the surface and quickly degrade and peel-off, due to their weakness when exposed to UV sunlight and inability to breathe out trapped water vapor. Trapped moisture in the concrete allows for carbonation and biological growth, leading to cracking, spalling, rebar rusting, and eventual concrete failure.
CeramycShield eliminates all of these problems.
Exclusive Benefits Of CeramycShield
Concrete "Asset Preservation Technology"
CeramycShield leverages a similar oxygen-bridging chemistry as that which formed Yosemite’s 93 million year old Half Dome
PENETRATING CHEMICAL ADHESION
CeramycShield is designed to coat the surface as well as, bridge, and fill the pores and micro-cracks in concrete, binding all elements together under a protective ceramic layer.
CeramycShield fills in irregular surfaces
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ELIMINATES SURFACE VOIDS
CeramycShield reduces surface porosity dramatically to prevent water, road salts and other destructive elements from entering the concrete.
CeramycShield imparts a diamond-like hardness to the surface it is applied to
ANTI-ABRASION
CeramycShield offers excellent abrasion resistance and will not peel or tear. It includes advanced ceramics like Silica Carbide and Boron Nitride that create a durable near diamond-like hardness (MOHs hardness of > 9) that resists weighted and grating abrasion.
CeramycShield actively stops biologically induced corrosion before it can start
PHYSICAL BARRIER TO MICROBIAL INDUCED CORROSION (MIC)
The dense, inert, non-nutrient surface of CeramycShield creates a physical barrier to microbes and their food source, preventing them from colonizing the concrete surface.
Surfaces treated with CeramycShield are unaffected by extreme heat
PROTECTION AGAINST EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
CeramycShield is immune to UV and heat, and maintains a permanent pH 12 that buffers against acid rain (carbonic and sulfuric acid, H2S) and other airborne contaminants.
I-295 in New Jersey | 10 years after coating application
Biologically Impervious
Provides a dense, non-nutrient, non-habitat, oxidative surface that prevents microbes from colonizing the concrete surface.
Simple spot repairs
Easily Reparable (Self-bonding)
CeramycShield bonds into itself, meaning you can spot repair this ceramic coating without the need for full repainting. This gives you infinite reparability and lowers the cost of manintenance and renovation.
CeramycShield is Available in Two Varieties:
CeramycShield + QuartzSeal*
QuartSeal is an environmentally friendly water-based penetrating sealer designed to cross-link into the surface of Zirconia's CeramycShield ceramic surface treatment. Working together with CeramycShield, QuartzSeal chemically transforms porous, hard-to-clean concrete surfaces into a dense ceramic surface with these additional attributes:
Near-Zero Porosity
Breathable
Extreme Wear Resistance
CeramycShield + Vitrium*
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Vitrium is a green-solvent based penetrating sealer designed to cross-link into the surface of Zirconia's CeramycShield ceramic surface treatment. This solution of glass particles creates a zero-porosity glass surface. The resulting non-porous surface prevents the penetration of oil, dirt and other contaminants and makes concrete cleaning easy!
Zero Porosity (Complete Moisture & Vapor Barrier)
Non-Breathable
Anti-Graffiti
Adhesion Promoter for Topcoats
Both CeramycShield + QuartzSeal and CeramycShield + Vitrium enjoy the follow additional benefits:
Easy Cleaning
Anti-Stain
Anti-Attachment
Color Stability
Anti-Slip
Example CeramycShield Applications
Agriculture & Dairy
Bridges (decks, beams, piers/abutments)
Cast Concrete Products (slabs, pipes)
Cinderblock walls
Commercial & Industrial floors
Concrete Roadways, Runways, Pathways
Dams
Food Processing
Greenhouses (walls and floors)
Loading docks
Parking garages (deck and walls)
Retaining and Sound Barrier Walls
Seawalls, Wharfs and Quays
Storm drains
Tanks
Tunnels
Washout pits
Waste containment
Wastewater Treatment
Water Treatment
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